What Temporary Alternatives does

Temporary Alternatives is a private staffing and recruiting firm established in 1984 and headquartered in Midtown Manhattan (28 W 44th Street, 16th Floor), with a second contact office at 622 Third Avenue. The company operates as a division of Noor Inc., a diversified conglomerate of more than 18 staffing brands. It places professional, administrative, and clerical staff into client companies across six primary verticals: financial services, pharmaceutical, commodity trading, real estate, marketing, and legal. The firm offers three core service lines: temporary staffing placements, permanent search placements, and temp-to-hire (contract-to-permanent) arrangements, with coast-to-coast US service coverage anchored in New York City.

The firm runs a website-based recruitment platform that hosts open job listings and a resume submission portal, supplemented by phone-based inside-sales recruitment. Job seekers engage primarily through the self-serve web portal, while the recruitment team conducts outbound candidate outreach. Marketing channels include the company website, LinkedIn, Facebook, third-party job boards (ZipRecruiter, Career Builder, Craigslist), search engine marketing on Google and Bing, and candidate referrals. The website is privacy-compliant with both CCPA and GDPR disclosures.

Temporary Alternatives generates revenue exclusively through transaction-based fees: temporary service markups on bill rates for temp placements, contingency or retained search fees for permanent placements, and conversion fees when temp-to-hire candidates are hired permanently. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The firm reports 251-500 employees per firmographic data. As a division of Noor Inc., it benefits from cross-referrals with sister staffing divisions spanning hospitality, government, healthcare, home care, speech therapy, legal, creative, and diversity-focused staffing verticals, creating a diversified distribution channel within the parent conglomerate.

Name

Temporary Alternatives

Legal name

Temporary Alternatives

Website

https://tempalt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Temporary Alternatives is a private New York-based staffing firm founded in 1984 that places professional, administrative, and clerical staff on temporary, permanent search, and temp-to-hire bases across financial, pharmaceutical, commodity trading, real estate, marketing, and legal industries nationwide, operating as a division of Noor Inc.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (56132), Temporary Help Services (561320), Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro primary industry

Temp-to-Hire Staffing (BPACACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Clerical & Customer Support Temp Staffing (BPACACAC), General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA)

Keywords

• Temporary staffing services
• Permanent placement
• Temp-to-hire
• Administrative recruitment
• Clerical staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Temporary Staffing Placements: Provides temporary staffing services placing professional, administrative, and clerical workers with client companies. Revenue generated through placement fees charged to client companies.
2. Permanent Search Placements: Permanent placement services matching candidates with client companies for direct hire positions. Revenue generated through contingency or retained search fees.
3. Temp-to-Hire Placements: Contract-to-hire staffing model where candidates begin as temporary employees with potential for permanent conversion, generating both temporary service fees and placement conversion fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Temporary Alternatives is a staffing and recruiting firm that places professional, administrative, and clerical workers with client companies across the United States. The firm offers three core service lines: temporary staffing, permanent search placements, and temp-to-hire arrangements. It serves companies of all sizes and has developed industry expertise in financial, pharmaceutical, commodity trading, real estate, marketing, and legal sectors.

Product overview

Temporary Alternatives is a staffing and recruiting company that provides three core service offerings: temporary staffing, permanent search placements, and temp-to-hire staffing solutions. The company specializes in placing professional, administrative, and clerical staff across industries including financial, pharmaceutical, commodity trading, real estate, marketing, and legal sectors. Originally serving the New York City market, the company has expanded to provide coast-to-coast recruiting and staffing services. The company is a division of Noor Inc. Umbrella Group and has been operating since 1984.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Temporary Staffing Services Provides temporary placement of professional, administrative, and clerical staff to companies of all sizes across financial, pharmaceutical, commodity trading, real estate, marketing, and legal industries. Revenue is generated through staffing service fees charged to client companies.
• Permanent Search Placements Executes permanent recruitment and direct-hire placements for organizations seeking long-term employees in professional, administrative, and clerical roles. Revenue is generated through contingency or retained search fees charged to client companies.
• Temp-to-Hire Positions Provides temporary-to-permanent staffing arrangements that allow employers to evaluate candidates on the job before making a permanent hiring decision. Revenue is generated through temporary service fees and placement conversion fees when the candidate is hired permanently.

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Noor Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent umbrella company under which Temporary Alternatives operates as a division. Noor Inc. encompasses multiple staffing divisions including Noor Staffing Group, Creative Network Systems, Diversity Services, Lerner Cumbo & Associates, and many others serving various industry verticals and specialized staffing needs.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Hudson Global: Specialized staffing and talent solutions provider with US operations placing professional and administrative talent—overlapping service lines and target customer segments in financial and corporate sectors.
• Apex Systems: IT and professional staffing firm with temp, temp-to-hire, and direct placement offerings targeting enterprise clients in finance, pharma, and other verticals—competes for similar candidates and accounts.
• The Tempro Group (MPS): Mid-sized US staffing firm focused on administrative, clerical, and light industrial temp and temp-to-hire placements—comparable in scale, geography, and service mix to Temporary Alternatives.
• Kforce Inc. Specialty staffing firm focused on professional and administrative talent in finance, technology, and corporate sectors, with a temp-to-perm placement model that mirrors Temporary Alternatives' core offering.
• Robert Half International: Largest US specialized staffing firm with deep presence in finance, legal, administrative, and technology placements—directly comparable in service mix, vertical focus (especially financial), and temp-to-permanent model.
• Insight Global: Large US staffing firm placing administrative, clerical, and professional talent across industries with temp, temp-to-hire, and direct-hire offerings—closely overlapping customer base and delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Adecco Group: Global staffing leader offering temporary staffing, permanent placement, and career transition across all major industries—broader geographic and category footprint but overlapping core service lines.
• Randstad: Global staffing and HR services giant with significant US presence in clerical, administrative, and professional staffing—competes for the same enterprise contracts but at much larger scale.
• Kelly Services: Established US staffing firm offering temporary, permanent, and temp-to-hire placements across clerical, professional, and specialty categories—similar customer segments and delivery approach.
• ManpowerGroup: Global workforce solutions company with US operations providing clerical, administrative, and professional staffing—overlapping target customers and placement models at larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/noorstaffing
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/temporary-alternatives

Compliance2 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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